February 18, 2015, Wednesday

An extension would serve three purposes for the Obama administration: it would increase the number of insured people while reducing anger at the White House and opposition to the Affordable Care Act from those penalized.

February 16, 2015, Monday

President Obama and his team are making a final, urgent push to boost government health insurance sign-ups in the next two days, in part by making sure people know that tax penalties for remaining uninsured have risen dramatically.